Can baby choke milk suffocate?

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When feeding the baby, choking often occurs, which makes the mothers in a hurry and don't know what to do. Choking milk is due to the neonatal nervous system development is not complete, swallowing function is not perfect, causing baby choking milk. When choking milk, milk backflows into the trachea, causing cough. So novice mothers don't know how to care. Choking milk must be handled in time to avoid serious consequences. In fact, it's normal to cough when feeding the baby, but it depends on whether it's serious. If it's light, cough twice. If it's heavy, it will cough all the time. If it's serious, it will endanger the life of the baby. Here are some tips for novice mothers. When the baby chokes, mothers should do this!

Can baby choke milk suffocate?

When baby chokes, it should be noted that the milk choked in the respiratory tract should be coughed up as soon as possible, which is easy to cause blockage of the baby's trachea, making it difficult for the baby to breathe, and even suffocate in serious cases. Some babies don't respond to choking milk, but mothers can't ignore it. In this case, Baoma should try to make the baby cry hard, or pat the baby on the back and sole of the feet. Crying helps to remove milk and restore normal breathing.

In case of choking milk, Baoma should first see if there is any foreign body in the baby's mouth. If there is any, it should be taken out in time. After washing out, it can prevent the milk from choking into the trachea for the second time. Once choking milk occurs, the mother should gently pat the baby on the back. If choking milk is light, the baby will cry loudly. If choking milk is serious, the baby will not cry out, and the face will turn purple. At this time, the mother should lay the baby on her lap and pat her back hard, so that the baby can cough up the milk in the air pipe.

Not in the baby open mouth crying or laughing when feeding, easy to choke milk. 2. Pay attention to the situation of the baby, do not feed the baby when the baby is very hungry, the baby will eat too fast leading to choking cough, so the mother should pay attention to the baby, and feed the baby when the baby is hungry at the beginning, do not starve the baby. 3. When feeding the baby, the posture should be correct. Don't let the baby drink milk lying down. It's easy to choke the milk because it can't breathe. The correct posture is to hold the baby in the arms at a 45 degree breast-feeding, and keep the bottle at a height when drinking to prevent the baby from inhaling too much air.

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When the baby chokes the milk, the mother should not panic, first use the correct method to let the baby slow down. The above methods should be kept in mind by mothers, so as to help the baby through difficulties when choking.